Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
Genuine question.

Then why were all the proper journos saying it was gonna be MA8 - i.e. back page of the Times and they generally wait for done deals - and then this last minute change?

according to the press, we were going to get Cruyff or Venables before AW suddenly popped up, iirc